One More Short Quiz

1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

7. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

8. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

9. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

10. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s."

ANSWERS TO QUIZ

1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

Boxing.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think, if you do not believe it, try it with your watch, it is only 10 times).

5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

Baseball.

6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry.

7. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

9. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

Lettuce.

10. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s."

Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings, and so on.

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